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11 Popular Movies That Turn 50 This Year

7. The Odd Couple

Paramount Pictures

Release Date: May 2, 1968
Tagline: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau are The Odd Couple…say no more.

The Odd Couple was based on the play by Neil Simon of the same name and has since been redone several times. In the movie, two friends move into an apartment together, but they quickly learn that they have different ideas on how to live.

8. Romeo and Juliet

Paramount Pictures

Release Date: October 8, 1968
Tagline: No ordinary love story…

This British-Italian version of the classic love story is one of the best we’ve ever seen. Fans of Leonardo DiCaprio often ignore the ‘90s version of Romeo and Juliet, but the 1968 version of the film is a beautiful retelling of how Romeo and Juliet fall in love, even though their families are feuding.

9. 2001: A Space Odyssey

Metro-Goldwyn Mayer

Release Date: April 3, 1968
Tagline: An epic drama of adventure and exploration.

Can you believe this movie came out 50 years ago, but it has already been 17 years since 2001? We’re living in the future! 2001: A Space Odyssey is based on the short story The Sentinel by Arthur C. Clarke. The movie was about humanity finding a mysterious artificial object buried beneath the Lunar surface.

10. Hang ‘Em High

The Malpaso Company

Release Date: August 3, 1968
Tagline: The hanging was the best show in town. But they made two mistakes. They hung the wrong man and they didn’t finish the job.

Every Clint Eastwood fan has seen this movie. After Jed Cooper was incorrectly blamed for cattle rustling and murder, vigilantes hung him and left him for dead. But as the tagline suggests, they didn’t finish the job. Jed returns to his job as a lawman and hunts for blood against his attackers.

11. The Love Bug

Walt Disney Pictures

Release Date: December 24, 1968
Tagline: It’s a Love-in for Herbie… the incredible little car who shifts for himself!

Only in the ‘60s could a movie about a Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own work. In the movie, a race car driver becomes a champion when his car does the work for him.

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